User blog comment:QueenShebaPunch/DmC: A Reboot or Alternate Universe?/@comment-1512913-20121101231232/@comment-976055-20121102004945

It's a news article from a Japanese magazine, which had an interview with Ninja Theory and Capcom stating as such that it is an alternate universe. Likewise, I told you there are several videos where it's mentioned as well. The information here is correct.

Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy can also be referred to as an alternate universe as well, you know, because it is a universe that does not stay consistent with the content of the comics. The same applies to DmC. If it's not canon, but still seeks to tell a story based on much of the same content, it'd most likely be an alternate universe, as has been stated.

Once again, I tell you it has no bearing on the existing canon, so why worry about it at all?